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Index 
Salaries, in Oñate’s and Ponce de Leon’s con¬ 
tracts, 241-245, 267, 269, 287, 313, 317, 339, 
341 
Salazar, Catalina de, wife of Oñate, 445, 447, 
455 , 459 
Salazar, Eugenio de, signature, 401 
Salazar, Juan Gómez de, see Gómez de Salazar 
Salazar, Mencia, wife of Alvarado, 39 
Salcedo, Diego López de, see López de Salcedo 
Salcedo de Cuervas, Doctor, certification, 57 
Salinas, Marqués de, see Velasco, Luis de [2] 
Salt, gathering in Nueva Galicia, royal monop¬ 
oly, 93; Indian tribute, 173; working in 
Nueva Vizcaya, 103 
Saltillo, presidio, founding, 17; pueblo of San 
Esteban, 18; villa, 17 
Salvador, exploration, 7 
San Andrés mines, 105 
San Bartolomé, founding, 16; Oñate’s expedi¬ 
tion at, 208; valley, 437 
San Estéban, pueblo at Saltillo, 18 
San Estéban del Puerto, founding, 7 
San Felipe, frontier post, 14 
San Francisco, Oñate’s proposed city, 210 
San Francisco del Mariscal, ship at Acapulco, 
261, 263 
San Francisco de los Patos, founding, 17 
San Francisco de Rio Verde, convent, 75 
San Gabriel, capital of New Mexico, 211 
San Gerónimo, founding, 17; Oñate’s expedi¬ 
tion at, 208 
San Hierónimo, founding, 12 
San Juan de los Caballeros, capital of New 
Mexico, 210 
San Juan de Porto Rico, founding, 4 
San Juan de Sinaloa, temporary settlement, 16 
San Juan de Ulua Island, named, 5 
San Juan mine, 16 
San Lorenzo del Casco (Caxco) mines, Oñate 
at, 208, 421, 425, 427; Velasco’s appoint¬ 
ment to, 437 
San Lucas mine, 15 
San Luis, villa, see Monterey 
San Luís Potosí, founding, jurisdiction, 17; 
frontier advance from, 14; mines, 16 
San Marcos, Cabeza de Vaca’s brigantine, 41 
San Martin, in Charcas, 17, 171; mines, 91 
San Mateo, Florida post, 18 
San Miguel de Culiacán, founding, 9 
San Miguel de Gualdape, Ayllon’s colony, 6 
San Pablo, royal ship on Acapulco-Philippine 
route, 261 
San Pedro, royal ship on Acapulco-Philippine 
route, 261 
San Pedro del Alamo, estáncia, 17 
San Sebastián de Chiametla, 119 
Sánchez, Alonso, in Oñate’s expedition, decla¬ 
ration on manifest, 425 
Sánchez, Inez, wife of Garcia, 39 
Sánchez, Luis, memorial on extinction of In¬ 
dians, 157-167 
Sánchez Chamuscado, Francisco, expedition to 
New Mexico, 113, 122, 193 
Sánchez de Alvarado, Juan, 39 
Sánchez de Muñón, Sancho, pension, 85 
Sánchez Ervalexo, Domingo, of Nombre de 
Dios, witness, 423 
Sandes, Francisco de, report on services, fine, 
53 - 57 , 87 
Sandovah Gonzalo de, exploration, 7 
Santa Bárbara, and Oñate’s expedition, 204, 
212, 231, 365, 427; mine, 15; Pueblo expe¬ 
dition from, 193; Velasco’s services, 437, 
439 
Santa Cruz, Cortés’s settlement, 8 
Santa Fé, N. Mex., founding, 215 
Santa Fé de Guanajuato, see Guanajuato 
Santa Margarita, bought, 261 
Santa Maria, Fray, at Pueblos, killed, 193 
Santa Maria de la Antigua del Darién, found¬ 
ing, 3 
Santa Marta, founding, participants, 33, 39, 86 
Santiago de Cuba, founding, 4 
Santiago de Ojo de Agua del Saltillo, see Sal¬ 
tillo 
Santiago Island, see Jamaica 
Santiago mines, 437 
Santibañez, Archb. Ignacio de, delayed in New 
Spain, 121 
Santillan, -, signature, 105 
Santillana, Francisco de, report on services, 51, 
53 
Santillana, Pedro de, report on services, 51, 53 
Santo Domingo (Española), audiencia, 21, 22; 
base for colonization, 3, 4; captaincy-gen¬ 
eral, 22, 23; loses primacy, 4; settlement, 3 
Santo Domingo, Queres pueblo, 210 
Santo Domingo, spring, Oñate’s rendezvous, 419 
Santo Domingo, town, founding, 3 
Santo Espíritu, founding, 4 
Sarmiento, Costanza, encomienda, 37 
Schurz, William L., “ Mexico, Peru, and the 
Manila Galleon,” 484 
Seal, in Ponce de Leon’s contract, 313, 339 
Segura, Father, mission, 18 
Self-government, local, 25 
Serna, Damián de la, witness, 99 
Serpa, Diego Fernández de, expedition, 371, 
485 
Servants, in Ponce de Leon’s contract, 291 
Settlements, attempt in Amichel, 5; Ayllon’s 
attempt, 6; Florida, 18; Garay’s attempt, 
5; Tierra Firme, 3, 4; West Indies, 4; see 
also Explorations; Frontier; Laws of Set¬ 
tlement 
Seven Cities, see Cibola 
Shepherd, William R., Latin America, 24m 
Shipbuilders, for New Mexico, 212, 213, 401, 
405 - 41 I 
Ships, grant in Ponce de Leon’s authorization, 
293, 297, 315; special for Oñate’s re-en¬ 
forcements, permit for cargo, 214, 409-413; 
trouble over, at Acapulco, 259-263 
Shipwrecks, Velasco on dishonest, 223 
Sichú mines, 71, 77 
Silao, founding, 16 
Silver, dispatch to Philippines, 263; see also 
Mining; Money 
Sinaloa region, jurisdiction, 16; opening of 
mines, 16 
Sitio de ganado mayor y menor, measurement, 
177, 181-185 # 
Slavery, accusation in New Mexico, 219; and 
encomiendas, 28, 159; negro and Indian 
slaves in Oñate’s expedition, 423; negro 
